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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some links to some sources may require subscription.
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from ABC News (& affiliates)
North Dakota Tornado Prompts Safety Discussion
A tornado struck a workers camp in North Dakota's oil patch on Monday, injuring nine people, including one critically, and destroying eight trailers where workers had been living, an emergency management official said. The twister touched down at around 7:50 p.m. just south of Watford City, about 50 miles southeast of Williston.
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from About.com
Today On About.com: Golden Gate’s Birthday, What Your Sandwich is Missing, and iPod Hazards.
How Your iPod is Hurting You
The Top Tot-Friendly Sunscreens for Summer
The Surprising Ingredient for a Perfect Sandwich
5 Ways to Get a Cleaner Closet
How Kids Can Find a Summer Job
Golden Gate Bridge by the Numbers
Fried Chicken and Waffle Grilled Cheese
Featuring crispy fried chicken, gooey melted cheese, and hot sauce and honey grilled between two buttery waffles
Featuring crispy fried chicken, gooey melted cheese, and hot sauce and honey grilled between two buttery waffles
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens
We Americans…Must Be Americans
As Memorial Day passes, pause with me to celebrate what We Americans have in common. There is a certain hypocrisy, if I may say so, enveloping us. You can see it in the most recent resuscitation of class warfare, adversarial race relations and visible efforts to turn Americans, one and all, against each other. I have had my fill of this hypocrisy.
As Memorial Day passes, pause with me to celebrate what We Americans have in common. There is a certain hypocrisy, if I may say so, enveloping us. You can see it in the most recent resuscitation of class warfare, adversarial race relations and visible efforts to turn Americans, one and all, against each other. I have had my fill of this hypocrisy.
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from Breitbart
from BuzzFeed
This Is What Happens When The Public Sees A Woman Abusing A Man
40% of domestic violence is suffered by men.
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from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism
Pakistan: US Cardiologist Murdered Due to Ahmadi Faith
American doctor and father of three has been murdered as part of the ongoing persecution of the Ahmadiyya religious community.
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Pakistan: US Cardiologist Murdered Due to Ahmadi Faith
American doctor and father of three has been murdered as part of the ongoing persecution of the Ahmadiyya religious community.
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from CNN
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
CNN's Costello Wonders Whether Gun Control Would Have Prevented California Murder Spree
It's rare, but sometimes they actually make some sense. Carol Costello surprisingly raised pro-gun rights points during an interview of Senator Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom.
MSNBC Panel Uses Santa Barbara Shooting to Bash NRA, Push 'War on Women'
Public School Kids Protest 'Let's Move' Lunches As First Daughters Get Meatball Subs, Ice Cream
Ben Carson: 2nd Amendment Needed In Case Gov’t Goes ‘Off The Rail’
Only NBC's 'Today' Covers 'Embarrassing' and 'Potentially Dangerous Mistake' by White House
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from The Daily Caller
Family: V.A. Cops Stomped On Veteran’s Head, Killing Him
The family of a 65 year-old veteran claims that VA police stomped on the veterans head and neck, causing him to suffer a stroke and die several weeks later, a new lawsuit alleges.
Adam Carolla: ‘Weird’ How Taking Care Of Your Kids Has Become A ‘Conservative, Right-Wing Issue’
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from Daily Mail (UK)
EXCLUSIVE - Wife set to hang for marrying Christian U.S. citizen gives birth to baby girl in squalid jail
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from EarthSky
Yes, some of us in North America have been shivering this spring. But our local weather is not the whole story.
New image of seafloor zone where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might lie
A new illustration of the seafloor, created by two of the world’s leading ocean floor mapping experts, details underwater terrain where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight might be located.
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from Forbes
Transparency More Important Than "Full" Board of Governors
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wants an up or down vote on his bill that would require a full audit of the Federal Reserve, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn’t want to let that happen.
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
White House scrambles to contain damage after outing CIA chief in Afghanistan
Megyn Kelly to Joe Scarborough: How Can You Be a Conservative If You’re At War With GOP Icons?
Megyn Kelly to Joe Scarborough: How Can You Be a Conservative If You’re At War With GOP Icons?
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from Greatist
Beyond Food Porn: Why Life As a Food Writer Isn't As Glamorous As You'd Think
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from The Heritage Foundation
The Obama Administration’s Absurd Battle Over School Meal Programs
Piketty's Questionable Data
Even the best data on this issue is uncertain, so why is this economist so deceptive in presenting it? He seems to have picked the data that best served his conclusions.
The Economic History Lessons We Never Learned
Are conservatives going to allow liberals to rewrite the history of the Great Recession, just as they so successfully did in writing the fictitious account of the Great Depression, which now appears in almost every American history text?
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McConnell suggests ObamaCare exchange could survive repeal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is suggesting that Kentucky's health insurance exchange could survive repeal of ObamaCare, the law that created the marketplace.
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Pope Corrects Israeli Prime Minister On What Language Jesus Spoke
[The Pope was only partly right; Netanyahu was right.]
Edward Snowden: 'I Was Trained As A Spy'
House Directs Pentagon To Ignore Climate Change
The House passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill on Thursday that would bar the Department of Defense from using funds to assess climate change and its implications for national security.
41 Republican Senators Voted Against a Landmark Veterans Bill in February, Today They Blame the VA
Brain Implants To Cure Mental Disorders May Soon Be A Thing
10 Spanish Words That Have No English Translation
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Piketty's Questionable Data
Even the best data on this issue is uncertain, so why is this economist so deceptive in presenting it? He seems to have picked the data that best served his conclusions.
The Economic History Lessons We Never Learned
Are conservatives going to allow liberals to rewrite the history of the Great Recession, just as they so successfully did in writing the fictitious account of the Great Depression, which now appears in almost every American history text?
Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants — parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s — who wrote a book called “Job Creation” and spoke to The Foundry in 2011, cited the push for a minimum wage hike as one of the greatest threats facing restaurants.
from The Hill
McConnell suggests ObamaCare exchange could survive repeal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is suggesting that Kentucky's health insurance exchange could survive repeal of ObamaCare, the law that created the marketplace.
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from Huffington Post
Pope Corrects Israeli Prime Minister On What Language Jesus Spoke
[The Pope was only partly right; Netanyahu was right.]
Edward Snowden: 'I Was Trained As A Spy'
House Directs Pentagon To Ignore Climate Change
The House passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill on Thursday that would bar the Department of Defense from using funds to assess climate change and its implications for national security.
41 Republican Senators Voted Against a Landmark Veterans Bill in February, Today They Blame the VA
Brain Implants To Cure Mental Disorders May Soon Be A Thing
10 Spanish Words That Have No English Translation
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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
Big Bend Community College officials receive awards
Two Big Bend Community College officials received statewide recognition for academic leadership.
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MSNBC Host Touré Forced to Apologize For Holocaust Tweet
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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)
Uzbekistan: Deacon and Wife Each Fined for “Illegal Religious Materials” in Their Home
Police raided Grigory Kasparov’s home in Uzbekistan, confiscating his personal Christian books and other “illegal religious materials” from his private home. Kasparov’s verdict imposed a heavy fine on him, and stated that his books had been destroyed before the verdict against him had even been reached. Kasparov’s wife Yelena was later fined under the same “offense,” despite her refusal to sign a self-accusation demanded by the police. Court officials were evasive when Forum 18 pressed for answers.
Christian Mother On Death Row for Her Faith Forced to Give Birth in Sudanese Prison
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian mother who, on May 15, was sentenced to 100 lashes and death on charges of adultery and apostasy, gave birth to her second child on the morning of her 100th day in prison.
Cameroon, Chad deploy 1,000 Troops to Nigerian Borders to “Wage War on Boko Haram”
ICC Note: Cameroon and Chad are sending 1,000 forces together to their respective borders with Nigeria to aid in the fight against Boko Haram, an Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) that poses an increasingly regional threat. Having committed attacks both in Nigeria and Cameroon, Boko Haram's campaign of terror, highlighted by its mass-abduction of more than 240 schoolgirls from Chibok and Warabe villages, has seen to the massacre of thousands in its pursuit to establish a separate Islamic state ruled by Sharia law. The United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Israel have all pledged support to the Nigerian Army to assist in the ongoing search for those abducted. President Obama utilized the War Powers Act last week to send 80 troops to Chad to operate Predator drone flights over the region.
Defense Ministry Spokesman Says Nigerian Military Knows Abducted Girls’ Location
ICC Note: Air Chief Marshal Badeh of the Nigerian Ministry of Defense said the military knows the location of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok and Warabe villages Monday at a press conference. Relaying fears that a rescue mission could result in tragedy, the Air Chief said, "We can’t kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back." Throughout the press conference, the Air Chief rebuked critics of the army, threatening, "Nobody should say the Nigerian military does not know what it is doing," and asking the press to, "Just leave us alone." More than 240 girls were kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok before eight more girls were taken by members of radical Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Boko Haram from Warabe Village less than a week later. They remain held as hostages, some having been forcefully married as "slave brides" and others having been sold into domestic and sexual servitude.
China: Zhejiang Government Set New Goals For Church Demolition
ICC Note: We translated the Chinese article to English and it discusses Zhejiang provincial government’s new goal of “Removing illegal construction” that targets church buildings and Christian gathering. According to the article, Wenzhou City of Zhejiang Province has achieved the quota of church demolition last month and YueQing City needs to meet the goal of “Removing illegal construction” of 50,000 square meters in June. In the meantime, Zhejiang government continues to stopping Christian gathering in house churches.
Syrian Christians Urge Pope to Work For Peace, Help Them Go Home
ICC Note: After Pope Francis’ visit to the Middle East, stories of Christians crying out for help are making their way through the noise. Syrian Christians particularly made their pleas known to the Pope, requesting support in being able to return to their village that was capture by Islamist rebels. As the Syrian war continues, Christians are continuously targeted at increasingly alarming rates.
Religious Freedoms Violated Amid Government Inaction in Chiapas, Mexico
ICC Note: In Chiapas, Mexico, violations of religious freedom are systematic, ongoing, and on the rise. Religious minorities are targeted by community leaders, and government inaction offers little relief. We stand with CSW, who has recently issued a report, urging the governments of Mexico and Chiapas to address these long-standing and serious infringements on religious liberty.
Sneaking into Syria
ICC Note: In the wake of the Syrian Crisis, Andrew Doran, a State Department employee, tells his story of sneaking in to the distraught country. His periodic visits to the Middle East are opportunities he uses to aid Christian villages and communities in an attempt to slow down the Christian Exodus. As the political situation worsens, persecution is further driving these Christians out and bringing more radical Islamists in.
Thailand: Religious Freedom At Risk Under Martial Law
Army imposes martial law in Thailand
ICC Note: Thailand's military seized power of the country in a coup, suspending the constitution. Whenever a country imposes martial law, religious freedom is highly possible to be restricted. According to Vision Beyond Borders, there are over a thousand Christian ministries based in Thailand because of its freedom and comparative stability. Those ministries mainly reach out to the closed countries around Thailand, including Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and even China. Concern rises over the possibility that martial law may affect Christian ministries based in Thailand and impact the whole region.
Pope Francis Draws Shrinking Christian Flock in Holy Land
ICC Note: In the middle of the Pope’s visit to the Middle East, his visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem attracted one of the largest crowds the church has ever seen. Amidst the exodus of Christians in the region, many came from different areas of Israel to hear the Pope during his papal visit on Sunday.
Christians in India Still Concerned over Future of Religious Freedom
ICC Note: Following the victory of the BJP and Modi in India's national elections, many Christians are still expressing concern over the future of religious freedom in India. Both BJP and Modi have a blighted history when it comes to the treatment of religious minorities and Christian leaders have been calling on the new leaders of the country to ensure that religious freedom for minorities will be protected and enforced. Please pray for the future of religious freedom in India.
Sudanese Christian Sentenced to Death Gives Birth to Second Child in Prison
ICC Note: Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, wife of an American citizen who was sentenced to 100 lashes and death for adultery and apostasy May 15, is now the mother of two children, having given birth this morning to her and her husband’s first daughter. According to Ibrahim’s lead defense attorney, Mariam and her husband Daniel Wani intend to name their daughter Maya. The baby’s reportedly healthy birth comes as relief amongst a long and arduous battle for Ibrahim’s freedom since her arbitrary arrest and detention February 17 this year.
Five Christian Families Rescued from Slavery in Pakistan
ICC Note: Christians and other religious minorities make up the bottom rung of Pakistan's Muslim majority society. Generations of discrimination and open social hostility has caused Christians to become some of Pakistan's poorest citizens. In many cases, Christians are forced to work in terrible labor conditions for very low wages. Last week, a Christian rights organization rescued five Christian families living in slavery at a Pakistani brick kiln. Bonded labor in Pakistan is not uncommon, especially for Christians who are particularly vulnerable. Please pray for more Christian families to be rescued from slavery in Pakistan.
Muslim Rights Activist Saves Christian from False Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan
ICC Note: Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws continue to be widely abused and are the root of many cases of Christian persecution in Pakistan. Last week, a Christian was again falsely accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. This time, a moderate Muslim human rights activist stepped in and saved the Christian from the false blasphemy charge. In many cases, a false blasphemy charge leveled against a Christian precipitates communal violence against the Christian and sometimes entire Christian communities. The intervention of this Muslim right activist was nothing short of heroic.
Shut Your Pie-Hole, Karl Rove!
Of all the people in the nation that could be talking on television and influencing politics at this time, Karl Rove is about the worst specimen. He’s a loser, and he’s gonna help us lose again.
Look What 42 Years In DC Has Done to Senator Thad Cochran
Police raided Grigory Kasparov’s home in Uzbekistan, confiscating his personal Christian books and other “illegal religious materials” from his private home. Kasparov’s verdict imposed a heavy fine on him, and stated that his books had been destroyed before the verdict against him had even been reached. Kasparov’s wife Yelena was later fined under the same “offense,” despite her refusal to sign a self-accusation demanded by the police. Court officials were evasive when Forum 18 pressed for answers.
Christian Mother On Death Row for Her Faith Forced to Give Birth in Sudanese Prison
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian mother who, on May 15, was sentenced to 100 lashes and death on charges of adultery and apostasy, gave birth to her second child on the morning of her 100th day in prison.
Cameroon, Chad deploy 1,000 Troops to Nigerian Borders to “Wage War on Boko Haram”
ICC Note: Cameroon and Chad are sending 1,000 forces together to their respective borders with Nigeria to aid in the fight against Boko Haram, an Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) that poses an increasingly regional threat. Having committed attacks both in Nigeria and Cameroon, Boko Haram's campaign of terror, highlighted by its mass-abduction of more than 240 schoolgirls from Chibok and Warabe villages, has seen to the massacre of thousands in its pursuit to establish a separate Islamic state ruled by Sharia law. The United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Israel have all pledged support to the Nigerian Army to assist in the ongoing search for those abducted. President Obama utilized the War Powers Act last week to send 80 troops to Chad to operate Predator drone flights over the region.
Defense Ministry Spokesman Says Nigerian Military Knows Abducted Girls’ Location
ICC Note: Air Chief Marshal Badeh of the Nigerian Ministry of Defense said the military knows the location of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok and Warabe villages Monday at a press conference. Relaying fears that a rescue mission could result in tragedy, the Air Chief said, "We can’t kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back." Throughout the press conference, the Air Chief rebuked critics of the army, threatening, "Nobody should say the Nigerian military does not know what it is doing," and asking the press to, "Just leave us alone." More than 240 girls were kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok before eight more girls were taken by members of radical Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Boko Haram from Warabe Village less than a week later. They remain held as hostages, some having been forcefully married as "slave brides" and others having been sold into domestic and sexual servitude.
China: Zhejiang Government Set New Goals For Church Demolition
ICC Note: We translated the Chinese article to English and it discusses Zhejiang provincial government’s new goal of “Removing illegal construction” that targets church buildings and Christian gathering. According to the article, Wenzhou City of Zhejiang Province has achieved the quota of church demolition last month and YueQing City needs to meet the goal of “Removing illegal construction” of 50,000 square meters in June. In the meantime, Zhejiang government continues to stopping Christian gathering in house churches.
Syrian Christians Urge Pope to Work For Peace, Help Them Go Home
ICC Note: After Pope Francis’ visit to the Middle East, stories of Christians crying out for help are making their way through the noise. Syrian Christians particularly made their pleas known to the Pope, requesting support in being able to return to their village that was capture by Islamist rebels. As the Syrian war continues, Christians are continuously targeted at increasingly alarming rates.
Religious Freedoms Violated Amid Government Inaction in Chiapas, Mexico
ICC Note: In Chiapas, Mexico, violations of religious freedom are systematic, ongoing, and on the rise. Religious minorities are targeted by community leaders, and government inaction offers little relief. We stand with CSW, who has recently issued a report, urging the governments of Mexico and Chiapas to address these long-standing and serious infringements on religious liberty.
Sneaking into Syria
ICC Note: In the wake of the Syrian Crisis, Andrew Doran, a State Department employee, tells his story of sneaking in to the distraught country. His periodic visits to the Middle East are opportunities he uses to aid Christian villages and communities in an attempt to slow down the Christian Exodus. As the political situation worsens, persecution is further driving these Christians out and bringing more radical Islamists in.
Thailand: Religious Freedom At Risk Under Martial Law
Army imposes martial law in Thailand
ICC Note: Thailand's military seized power of the country in a coup, suspending the constitution. Whenever a country imposes martial law, religious freedom is highly possible to be restricted. According to Vision Beyond Borders, there are over a thousand Christian ministries based in Thailand because of its freedom and comparative stability. Those ministries mainly reach out to the closed countries around Thailand, including Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and even China. Concern rises over the possibility that martial law may affect Christian ministries based in Thailand and impact the whole region.
Pope Francis Draws Shrinking Christian Flock in Holy Land
ICC Note: In the middle of the Pope’s visit to the Middle East, his visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem attracted one of the largest crowds the church has ever seen. Amidst the exodus of Christians in the region, many came from different areas of Israel to hear the Pope during his papal visit on Sunday.
Christians in India Still Concerned over Future of Religious Freedom
ICC Note: Following the victory of the BJP and Modi in India's national elections, many Christians are still expressing concern over the future of religious freedom in India. Both BJP and Modi have a blighted history when it comes to the treatment of religious minorities and Christian leaders have been calling on the new leaders of the country to ensure that religious freedom for minorities will be protected and enforced. Please pray for the future of religious freedom in India.
Sudanese Christian Sentenced to Death Gives Birth to Second Child in Prison
ICC Note: Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, wife of an American citizen who was sentenced to 100 lashes and death for adultery and apostasy May 15, is now the mother of two children, having given birth this morning to her and her husband’s first daughter. According to Ibrahim’s lead defense attorney, Mariam and her husband Daniel Wani intend to name their daughter Maya. The baby’s reportedly healthy birth comes as relief amongst a long and arduous battle for Ibrahim’s freedom since her arbitrary arrest and detention February 17 this year.
Five Christian Families Rescued from Slavery in Pakistan
ICC Note: Christians and other religious minorities make up the bottom rung of Pakistan's Muslim majority society. Generations of discrimination and open social hostility has caused Christians to become some of Pakistan's poorest citizens. In many cases, Christians are forced to work in terrible labor conditions for very low wages. Last week, a Christian rights organization rescued five Christian families living in slavery at a Pakistani brick kiln. Bonded labor in Pakistan is not uncommon, especially for Christians who are particularly vulnerable. Please pray for more Christian families to be rescued from slavery in Pakistan.
Muslim Rights Activist Saves Christian from False Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan
ICC Note: Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws continue to be widely abused and are the root of many cases of Christian persecution in Pakistan. Last week, a Christian was again falsely accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. This time, a moderate Muslim human rights activist stepped in and saved the Christian from the false blasphemy charge. In many cases, a false blasphemy charge leveled against a Christian precipitates communal violence against the Christian and sometimes entire Christian communities. The intervention of this Muslim right activist was nothing short of heroic.
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from Jen Kuznicki
Shut Your Pie-Hole, Karl Rove!
Of all the people in the nation that could be talking on television and influencing politics at this time, Karl Rove is about the worst specimen. He’s a loser, and he’s gonna help us lose again.
Look What 42 Years In DC Has Done to Senator Thad Cochran
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from KHQ Local News (Spokane)
Saluting The Brave: The First Inland NW Honor Flight of 2014 Takes Off
While the Honor Flight pays tribute to veterans from decades ago, this flight is dedicated to three Fairchild airmen who lost their lives in a tanker crash in Kyrgyzstan in 2013: Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30.
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from LiveScience
Brain Cells Make Some Mice Resilient to Stress
World Science Fest Spotlights the Brain, Big Bang & More
Leading scientists, artists and thinkers from around the world will convene in New York this week for the World Science Festival, a five-day event that celebrates "the beauty and complexity of science."
Hidden Paintings Revealed at Ancient Temple of Angkor Wat
Future Drones Could Mimic Birds and Bats
Earth's Oldest Life? Probably Not, New Study Says
What were thought to be some of the oldest traces of life on Earth may not have been caused by life at all, new research suggests.
Diet Soda Beats Water for Weight Loss, Industry-Funded Study Finds
Drinking diet beverages may help dieters lose weight, according to a new study, but experts say the findings should be interpreted with caution.
Dog People vs. Cat People: Who's More Outgoing? More Intelligent?
Gorgeous Gulf of Alaska Seen from Space
Beautiful swirling clouds make a striking first impression in a new satellite image of the southern Alaska coast. But look closer — another sort of beauty lurks beneath the surface.
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from Money Talks News
Median CEO Pay Hits a Record $10.5 Million
More Employers Are Relying on Part-Time, Contract Workers
Plane Luggage Lost? Here’s $1,000
AirCare is a new, low-cost travel protection plan.
What New Grads Need to Know About Obamacare
Why it's a good idea to have health insurance, even if you're young and healthy.
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from Mother Nature Network
Self-driving cars are closer than you think
Autonomous vehicles may sound like science-fiction, but the technology exists now. Here's a look at our hands-free future.
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from National Geographic
Earliest Bird Pollinator Found in Germany
Fossilized 47 million years ago, it was the size of a hummingbird—but unlike any living species.
NASA Unveils Selfie of Earth Created With Tens of Thousands of Individual Pictures
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from National Journal
The Intellectual Dishonesty of Obama and Other False Purists
Yes, the GOP is obstinate. We get it. But assigning the White House some blame is no false equivalence.
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from National Review
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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
5 Facts About Fluoride You Urgently Need to Know
5 Facts About Fluoride You Urgently Need to Know
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from Nature News and Comment
Chicken project gets off the ground
Effort aims to unravel the history of bird’s domestication.
“No one ever considers chickens, which is a massive mistake.” Now two dozen researchers, from anthropologists to geneticists, are at work to change that through the Cultural and Scientific Perceptions of Human–Chicken Interactions project.
Effort aims to unravel the history of bird’s domestication.
“No one ever considers chickens, which is a massive mistake.” Now two dozen researchers, from anthropologists to geneticists, are at work to change that through the Cultural and Scientific Perceptions of Human–Chicken Interactions project.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Tells Brian Williams: 'I Was Trained as a Spy'
Dem Pollster Schoen on GOP Runoffs: 'Tea Party Ain't Dead'
Huge victories by tea party-backed Republicans in the top two runoff contests in Texas on Tuesday proved that "the tea party ain't dead."
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from Newsmax
Dem Pollster Schoen on GOP Runoffs: 'Tea Party Ain't Dead'
Huge victories by tea party-backed Republicans in the top two runoff contests in Texas on Tuesday proved that "the tea party ain't dead."
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from NPR (& affiliates)
Google Is Becoming A Car Manufacturer
But not just any car: a car that drives itself. In an effort to create a fully, 100 percent self-driving vehicle — something that needs no human being at the steering wheel — the company is building a car without a steering wheel.
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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)
Group asks Supreme Court to halt Ore. gay marriages
Can lidar images help identify slopes most at risk from slides?
Obama: It's time to turn the page on a decade of war
North Idaho tribe says poker is just like golf
'Greatest buried treasure' in U.S. to be auctioned
Three months after a California couple found a stash of rare, mint-condition 19th-century gold coins buried in their yard, the collection of more than 1,400 coins is going to be auctioned off Tuesday night. The coins, in denominations of $5, 10 and $20, are worth almost $28,000 in face value. But they are so rare and in such good condition, several individual pieces are expected to sell for as much as $1 million each. The entire collection is expected to fetch at least $10 million.
Funding dispute closes West Valley Hwy indefinitely
ALGONA, Wash. -- Three months after a landslide wiped out a portion of the West Valley Highway near Algona, there is still no estimated time of reopening the route near Ellingson Road.
It isn't the debris that's the problem. It’s the funding.
Snapshot: The planes made by Boeing
Study will measure dogs' usefulness to vets with PTSD
Coeur d'Alene shoppers lock up purses to reduce shoplifting
Does Ballmer's Clippers courtship threaten Seattle arena project?
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from Personal Liberty
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Ron Paul: The VA Scandal is Just the Tip of the Military Abuse Iceberg
Analysis: Campaign Cash Already Pours In
Pelosi Admits Obamacare Is Flawed, Calls For Single-Payer ‘Fix’
Red Light Cameras Tough To Turn Off, Despite Growing Opposition
Obama Seeks To Cut Troop Level In Afghanistan To 5,000 By End Of 2015
American Conservatives Might Learn A Thing Or Two From Friends Across The Pond
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from Popular Science
The Many Lives Of ISEE-3
The California-based private company Skycorp will attempt to contact and regain control of NASA’s International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 satellite, which launched in 1978.
We May One Day Go Viral For That Perfect Smile
Bacteriophages are well-known viruses of bacteria although their enigmatic nature has kept them on the fringes of health research.
Chinese A-100 Heavy Rockets On Display In Tanzania
A Way To Put Toxic Museum Artifacts Back Into Their Original Owners' Hands
Museum artifacts are often preserved in mercury, arsenic, or DDT, but chemists are working on ways to clean them well enough for Native people to use again.
Bogus User-Generated CNN Asteroid Apocalypse Article Goes Viral
Ask Anything: Could You Build A Spaceship Out Of Wood?
Short answer: Yes, but you’d be asking for trouble.
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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Hot Peppers Prevent The Number One Cause of Death
Capsaicinoids found in cayenne pepper, jalapenos, habaneros and other chili peppers already have an established treatment role in creams to address joint and arthritis pain. They also promote fat burning, increase metabolism and even kill cancer cells. Scientists have now reported the latest evidence that chili peppers are a heart-healthy food with potential to protect against the No. 1 cause of death in the developed world.
Hot Peppers Prevent The Number One Cause of Death
Capsaicinoids found in cayenne pepper, jalapenos, habaneros and other chili peppers already have an established treatment role in creams to address joint and arthritis pain. They also promote fat burning, increase metabolism and even kill cancer cells. Scientists have now reported the latest evidence that chili peppers are a heart-healthy food with potential to protect against the No. 1 cause of death in the developed world.
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from RedState
The Watercooler ~ Karl Rove (and other e-Repubs) butt in California gubernatorial race, too
Convinced the tea party candidate will bring down Republican Party, e-Repubs engage in smear campaign
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from ScienceDaily
Learning early in life may help keep brain cells alive: Brain cells survive in young who master a task
Using your brain -- particularly during adolescence -- may help brain cells survive and could impact how the brain functions after puberty. Scientists have found that the newborn brain cells in young rats that were successful at learning survived while the same brain cells in animals that didn't master the task died quickly.
Intertwined evolution of human brain and brawn
The cognitive differences between humans and our closest living cousins, chimpanzees, are staggeringly obvious. However, a new study suggests that human muscle may be just as unique. Scientists have found that metabolite concentrations evolved rapidly over the course of human evolution in two tissues: in the brain and, more surprisingly, in muscle.
Diamond planets may be more common than astronomers thought
Carbon-rich planets may be more common than previously thought, according to new research. Some of these planets, all located far beyond Earth's solar system, could contain vast deposits of graphite or diamonds, and their apparent abundance prompts new questions about the implications of carbon-intense environments for climate, plate tectonics, and other geological processes, as well as for life.
A habitable environment on Martian volcano?
The Martian volcano Arsia Mons may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet, geologists say. The research shows that volcanic eruptions beneath a glacial ice sheet would have created substantial amounts of liquid water on Mars's surface around 210 million years ago. Where there was water, there is the possibility of past life.
Sunsets on Titan reveal the complexity of hazy exoplanets
Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in. The new technique shows the dramatic influence that hazy skies could have on our ability to learn about these alien worlds orbiting distant stars.
Seafloor experts publish new view of zone where Malaysia Airlines flight 370 might lie
A new illustration of the seafloor, created by two of the world's leading ocean floor mapping experts that details underwater terrain where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight might be located, could shed additional light on what type of underwater vehicles might be used to find the missing airplane and where any debris from the crash might lie.
Hybrid energy transfer system mimics process responsible for photosynthesis
Scientists have developed a new hybrid energy transfer system, which mimics the processes responsible for photosynthesis. From photosynthesis to respiration, the processes of light absorption and its transfer into energy represent elementary and essential reactions that occur in any biological living system. In a new study, researchers demonstrate an alternate non-radiative, intermolecular energy transfer that exploits the intermediating role of light confined in an optical cavity.
Light-colored butterflies and dragonflies thriving as European climate warms
Butterflies and dragonflies with lighter colors are out-competing darker-colored insects in the face of climate change. Scientists have shown that as the climate warms across Europe, communities of butterflies and dragonflies consist of more lighter coloured species. Darker coloured species are retreating northwards to cooler areas, but lighter coloured species are also moving their geographical range north as Europe gets warmer.
Using thoughts to control airplanes
Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands. Scientists have now demonstrated the feasibility of flying via brain control -- with astonishing accuracy.
Clinical trial reaffirms diet beverages play positive role in weight loss
A new study confirms that drinking diet beverages can help people lose weight. "This study clearly demonstrates that diet beverages can in fact help people lose weight, directly countering myths in recent years that suggest the opposite effect -- weight gain," said a study co-author.
from Slate
from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
NASA's New Mega-Rocket, Orion Capsule on Track for Future Test Flights
Are Solar Sails the Future of Space Travel?
Cash-Starved NASA May Have to Nix 1 Space Telescope to Save Others
Blood Moon: Lunar Eclipse Phases Over Texas Capitol Building
This stunning composite view of a recent total lunar eclipse captures the stages of the amazing moon sight as viewed over the Capitol building in Austin, Texas.
Aliens? Yes Please. UFOs? No Thanks
Supermassive Black Holes Are Not Doughnuts
Future of Space Exploration Could See Humans on Mars, Alien Planets
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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
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from Talking Points Memo
Cliven Bundy Abandons The Republican Party
The Associated Press reported that Bundy and his wife Carol signed registration forms on Friday night to switch their affiliation from the Republican Party to the Independent American Party. The party was holding an event in Las Vegas to honor what its organizers called Bundy's "courage in standing up for state sovereignty," according to the AP.
Cliven Bundy Abandons The Republican Party
The Associated Press reported that Bundy and his wife Carol signed registration forms on Friday night to switch their affiliation from the Republican Party to the Independent American Party. The party was holding an event in Las Vegas to honor what its organizers called Bundy's "courage in standing up for state sovereignty," according to the AP.
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from Townhall.com
Phil Robertson Honored at Alma Mater; Faculty Walk Out
Three faculty members walked out of the Louisiana Tech University commencement ceremony Saturday to show their disdain for alumnus Phil Robertson.
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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
CNN Anchor: Michelle Obama Can Sign Bills Into Law
from USA Today
from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)
Obama’s Parrots
Club for Growth is out with a new ad targeting vulnerable Sen. Mark Pryor (D., Ark.) by highlighting his support of President Obama’s health care law.
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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Washington Times (DC)
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from The Wenatchee World (WA)
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from WIRED
What Happens If You Apply Electricity to the Brain of a Corpse?
What’s Up With That: How a Swinging Pendulum Proves the Earth Rotates
A Marvelous Little Wearable That Tracks Your Activity and Vitals
Microsoft’s Most Clever Critic Is Now Building Its New Empire
Before joining Microsoft and becoming one of its most important software engineers, Mark Russinovich was in the business of pissing the company off.
Forget Robots. We’ll Soon Be Fusing Technology With Living Matter
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from Yahoo News
Top senator says cost-cutting culture fueled veterans scandal
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in an interview that Washington’s cost-cutting culture helped spark the growing Veterans Administration hospital controversy by encouraging VA officials to understate their financial needs both internally and to Congress.
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from 100 Percent FED Up
WATCH: Bill Kristol Call Obama’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Announcement ‘Unbelievably Irresponsible’ And ‘Sickening’
Queen Mooch dictates what America's public school students eat, while Obama kids eat gourmet private school lunches
EWWW! SCABIES OUTBREAK IN BORDER PATROL AGENTS AFTER CONTACT WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS
A MUST WATCH! OBAMA FLIPS AND SCOLDS REPORTER DURING SCIENCE FAIR
ANOTHER OBAMA LIE: [Video] Obama will keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan despite State of the Union promise to have all troops out by end of 2014
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